About the Titanic
Below are some facts and figures about the Titanic:
- Owned by White Star Line
- Port of Registry – Liverpool
- Ordered 17th September 1908
- Built – Belfast by Harland and Wolff
- Route – Southampton to New York City.
- Maiden Voyage – 10th April 1912
- the vvessel sank at 02:20 on 15th April 1912
Dimensions and Statistics:
- • Length – 882 feet 6 inches.
- • Beam – 92 feet 6 inches.
- • Draft – 34 feet 6 inches.
- • Height – 175 feet from keel to stack (the boat deck was 60 feet above the waterline).
- • Decks – 9 total, A through G with the boilers below.
- • Weight – 46,328 Registered Tons.
- • Hull Construction – 1 inch thick plate steel held together with over 3 million steel rivets.
- • Power plant – 29 coil stoked boilers, each 3 stories high. The boilers used 3 of the stacks for exhaust, the fourth was used to vent Titanics’ numerous kitchens and galleys. The stacks were 22 feet wide and 62 feet high.
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